Improvement in mechanical medicators



UNITED STATEs PATENT QEETOE.

r .`A. EOYcE, or BUFFALO, NEW .voi-n.

IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MEDICATORS.

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,301, datedSeptember 25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: 'l

Be it known that I, P. A. ROYCE, of the city of Buffalo, county-ot Erie,and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved MechanicalMedicator 5 and I do hereby declare thatthe following is afull and exactdevarious forms may be successfully treated,

whether acute or chronic, and without any inconvenience or unpleasantsensa-tions to the patients, and which could not be reached by the oldmethod, to all of which my improved apparatus is peculiar, in applyingremedies both Aexternally and internally. By my invention many diseasesmay be reached at any locality of the systema decided advantage over theold method of applying remedies.

My invention has for its object the treat ment ot' diseases by applyinglocally to both the external and internal parts and organs (so far asthey are accessible to mechanical appliances) liquids, vapors, gases, orfinely-comminuted powders for anaesthetic and other medical purposes;the generating of gases and vapors from liquidand solid substances forsaid purposes in a convenient, safe, and eco.- nomical manner, and theuse of atmospheric pressure, or of the exhaustion or rarefactionthereof, applied to local affections and diseased organs in remedialtreatment; and it consists in the combination of a double -actingpistonpump 'with suitable devices and appliances, hereinafter described,for generating` medical vapors and applying the same, either bythemselves or mixed with atmospheric air, forming a compact, portable,and convenient apparat-us for the purpose. l

Figure 1 isa side elevation ot' my instrument in connection with aportion ot' the apparatus used for the generating of gas. Fig. 2 is aplan or vertical view of the instrument alone. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section through the same. Fig. 4L is a detached view of asliding cap, and Fig. 5 of a thimble or nozzle used over the perforatedpipe G, Fig. 1, for purposes hereinafter to be described. Fig. 6 is aplan view, and Fig. 7 a sectional elevation, of a spirit-lamp ofordinary construction. Figs.

8 and 9 are a vertical section and a plan view of a cup to be used withmy apparatus for drycupping or drawing blood. Figs. ll() and 11 are sideviews of jars used in connection with the generating-cups, Fig. 14, andthe pumping apparatus, Fig. 1, for producing ozone. Fig. 12 is aninverted or bottom view, and Fig. 13 a sectional elevation, of a heaterto be used in connection with the apparatus.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in lthe different figures.

As represented in the drawings, Ads a stand or base of any suitable orconvenient form, which supports the upright cylinder B, which is closedat the top and provided with a diaphragm or partition, y, a littledistance above the stand,wliich divides it into an upper closed cylinderand a lower or supplementary chamber, the bottom of which is a removablediaphragm or cup, T. The cylinder B is providedl with. a piston, S, androd E, which is cond nected above with hand-lever D and fulcrumstandardC, Fig. 1, and also with two side chambers, F K, (best shown in Fig.3,)'which extend from the top to a point slightly below the diaphragm iwhere F is provided with an induction-port, H, and K with aneduotionorifice, L, both of a conical form at their termination, toadmit of convenient connection with elastic tubes or other extension.

Valves N P and 0 R, of any suitable construction, communicate betweenchamber F and cylinder B, opening into the latter, and from saidcylinder into chamber K, so that when the piston is worked the apparatusperforms the functions of a double-acting pump.

This pump may be used for compressing air to apply local pressure to anyaffected part by connecting an air-bag with the oritce L by means of asuitable tube; or, in like manner, any medicated vapor or antestheticagent may be applied by generating the same in the supplementary chamberT in the following manner: VThe lower portion of this chamber cons istsof a cup closely fitting the sides of the cylinder B, which forms atight receptacle for any liquid or other material which-it is desired tovaporize or otherwise employ.

Heat is applied to the bottom U by means of a spirit lamp, when thevolatilized portions which till the chamber T are drawn into F throughthe small tube or orifice V.

2 y assoit Fig. 3, (the induction -oriiiee H being previously closed bysuitable cap,) and thus,.by the action of the pump, is conveyed throughL to the point required. As a supply of air is usually required inmixture with the medicated vapors employed, and especially in applyinganzesthetic vapors to modify and regulate their iuiiuence, I provide forthe introduction of air in any quantity required, and for graduating theamount with great nicety by means of a tube, G, Figs. l and 3, having arow of perforations, t', on its side or sides, and provided with a cap,W, Fig. 4, closed at one end. The open end being placed on that of thetube G closes it, and by sliding it farther on or oif more or less ofthe perforations are covered, thus graduating the air-ad mittin g space.e

Thus'the chamber T may be made the receptacle of any material of amedical nature, and by admitting a requisite quantity of air, asdescribed, and by the application of' heat, if required, vapors thereinformed will be taken through the pump and conveyed to the lungs, or anyother part, internally and externally; and the apparatus may also beused for fumigation" by generating by heat the fumes or gases from thesolid substances and discharging them through a iiexible tube connectedwith the nozzle L.

It will be observed that this instrument acts equally well forexhausting or condensing air. Thus the cup g, Figs. 8 and 9, may be usedupon the patient either for applying pressure of air to treat -iniiamedand congested part-s by repelling the blood, or for exhausting the air,so as to cause the blood to iiow to the part to which it is applied;andthese different effects vare produced by simply connecting the tube hwith the orifice L for condensing, or with H for exhausting. By placingone of the limbs in an air-tight envelope and condensing the air withinit, a uniform pressure is obtained, by which swellin gs or otherenlargements may be reduced or medicated vapors and foments applied tothe limb, while by the same apparatus, worked to rarefy the air, thecontrary effect of attracting the blood to the part is produced, thusplacing under the conv trol of the medical practitioner, by a simpleapparatus, very important remedial methods of' treatment hitherto littleused, and effected by the same action of the instrument simultaneouslyon different parts of the system, or on' dii'erent patients.

The value of these functions of the apparatus is illustrated in the caseof a swollen or ililiamed breast, where pressure may be applied bycondensing air in a suitable cup, or by an air-pad, while the apparatusis at the same time exhausting the air from the other breast, andbringing the blood into it, while repelling it from the affected one,thus restoring equilibrium to the circulation.

-One very important use of this apparatus is hto apply local pressure tothe internal organs and pelvic viscera by connecting with the nozzle Lan elastic tube having at its opposite end an expansive india-rubberbladder. I first insert it into the natural passage till the af fectedpart is reached, and then iniiate it by the pump until sufficientpressure is attained. This forms a most effectual means of arrestinguterine hemorrhage, as theinflation of the airbladder lnay be made tocompletely close the vaginal passage and produce direct pressure on theuterine vessels. In this manner hemorrhoidal veins may be reducedwithout excision in any form, and at points above reach by ordinarymeans.

External pressure is attainable by the use of the air-bladder, boundupon the limb or body while collapsed, and afterward inilated.Antesthetic vapors may be injected directly into the internal organs, orapplied externally where local anaesthesia is required, and medicine inthe form of powder or dust may thus be introduced into the throat,lungs, lower bowels, and pelvic viseera by simply connecting theeduction-tube of the apparatus with a bottle containing it.

' One of the attachments of my apparatus'is designed for generatingozone for direct inhalation from a tube connected with eductionpipe ofthe apparatus, or for disseminating in the atmosphere of the roomoccupied by the patient.

Upon a suitable base, D, Fig. 14, two glass or earthen cups, F E, arefixed and nearly lled with water. Phosphorus is introduced into cup F,the pieces being exposed above the water in parts, when the glass jar N,Fig. 11, is inverted over it, with its neck inserted in the water of thecup. The jar M, Fig. 10, is in like manner inverted in the Water in cupE, to form a purifier and receiver, as will be explained. The glass pipeL, Fig. 14, being connected with the nozzle L, Fig. 3, air is pumpedthrough it into the jar F.

The chemical action which takes place between the phosphorus and thewater produces ozone, which, by the introduction of air by the pump, iscarried through pipe K into the jar E, where it is discharged in thewater, the end of the pipe being submerged, and blown through it beforeit rises into the jar. The water purifies the ozone from any phosphorousacid remaining with it. The purified ozone,

danger attending its production and use in safe quantities.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The apparatus consisting of the pumping-cylinder B, chambers F K,provided with.

induction and eduction valves and orifices, with the supplementary orgenerating chamber T, connected with chamber F by the passage V, thewhole combined, arranged, and

operating substantially in the manner and for the ozone-generator, Fig.14, constructed and the purpose herein set forth. operatingsubstantially as described.

2. In combination with the above-described .Y apparatus, the perforatedair'pipe Gr and slid- P' A? ROYCE' ing cap W', operating in the mannerand for Witnesses: the purpose specified. J. FRASER,

3. In combination with the said apparatus, J. HYATT.

